page_title: List of University of Exeter people
section_title: Politicians
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of Exeter people / Notable alumni / Politicians
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Prezydent Turcji Abdullah Gül w Senacie RPEnglish: President of Turkey Abdullah Gül in the Polish Senate
context_page_description: This is a list of University of Exeter people, including office holders, current and former academics, and alumni of the University of Exeter.
  In post-nominals, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon., and is the suffix given to honorary and academic degrees from the university.
context_section_description: Tonia Antoniazzi - Labour MP
  Adrian Bailey - Labour MP
  James Brokenshire - Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
  David Burrowes - Conservative MP
  Martin Cauchon - former Minister of Justice in Canada
  Stephen Clackson Independent councillor on Orkney Islands Council 
  Derek Clark - UKIP MEP
  Feryal Clark - Labour MP
  Major James Coldwell - former MP and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party in Canada.
  Michael Frendo - Foreign Minister of Malta
  Abdullah Gül - former President of Turkey (2007–14)
  Ameenah Gurib - President of Mauritius
  Vilmundur Gylfason - former Icelandic politician, historian and poet
  Robert Halfon - Conservative MP and Deputy Chairperson
  Philip Ian Hope - Labour MP and vocational education minister
  Moussa Ibrahim - spokesman for Gaddafi during the 2011 Libyan civil war
  Sajid Javid - Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (2019–2020)
  Mark Lancaster - Conservative MP
  Mehmet Simsek - Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Minister of Finance (2009–2015)
  Andrew Lansley - Former MP and Former Secretary of State for Health
  Caroline Lucas - MP and former Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
  Sigrid Kaag - Dutch politician and Minister
  Lau Kong Wah - Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong.
  Gabriel Makhlouf - Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury
  Jonny Oates - Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg
  Roy Perry - Conservative Politician and former MEP
  Luke Pollard - Labour MP
  Andy Slaughter - Labour MP
  Iain Stewart - Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South
  Robin Teverson - Liberal Democrat MEP and Peer
  Jeremy Wright - Attorney General
  Derek Wyatt - Labour MP
  Ahmed Zaki Yamani - former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia
caption: Abdullah Gül, former President of Turkey
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